#NEJM

Jeremy Warner MD, MS, FAMIA, FASCO

hemoncwarner

In our @TheLancet paper we found an association with mortality in patients receiving hydroxychloroquine & azithro. But, we were unable to adjust for many factors including most importantly baseline severity.

Britt Prevost MD

brittp_27

Usually I mark #ResidentAwarenessWeek with a cheeky post about us needing awareness before we can ask people for appreciationThis year that feels insufficient.Join me for a different take on Resident

The Clinical Scientist

TheClinSci

A basic thread on critical appraisal for those who don't know where to start/have low confidence. Aiming to share links+resources here.First, get ready for ACTIVE reading. Don't let the words

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

What does 'medicine by press release' mean?When can you trust it, and when are you skeptical?Two press releases came out todayCheap dexamethasome in COVIDCostly Abemaciclib in breast cancerYes, I want

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MackayIM

"can you link to evidence that the virus was isolated" is becoming fake moon landing level stupid Study1: 23JAN2020https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.22.914952v2bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from RT-PCR-positive patien

Sumanta Pal

montypal

It's Monday AM post-@ASCO #GU21 & clinic starts in a couple of hours! Lots to process - I'll try to tackle optimal 1L tx for #kidneycancer. I'll make a case

Pace 🙂

theotherphilipp

The genesis of a pandemic.The #Corona crisis began with a panopticon of absurd events, improbable coincidences and outright lies.Time for a review of the impossibilities.A thread 1/ At the

Justin Owens, BSN

Justin_OwensBSN

1/Calling #MedTwitter history buffs: What killed Alexander the Great?Was it a pathogen? Too much wine? A trusted Roman centurion ?The common census is that he died of malaria or maybe

The Behavioural Insights Team

B_I_Tweets

Even though it’s our birthday we also want to celebrate the amazing applications of #behaviouralscience outside BIT too!. Here’s 10 non-BIT interventions we liked. #BIT10 http://www.bi.team/bit10 1. @EdinburghCC

Jeremy Howard

jeremyphoward

So do these non-medical masks we're all meant to be wearing actually do anything?Well yes, yes they almost certainly do. Here's a thread about the current science.Let's start by explaining

Alison Blunt

AlisonBlunt

1) "One of the many super-spreaders of disinformation, Karl Lauterbach, SPD, is an enthusiastic lockdown supporter. He escalates his announcements on a daily basis. He is not alone in this."

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

Covid Epi Weekly January 29: To Arms, to Arms!Let’s focus:Get doses out of freezers and into arms ASAPDenominators: What % of nursing home residents and staff have been vaccinated?Improve equity.

Bernadette Lim, MS

bernielim

It is time for medicine to do away w its obsession w restricted academic journals + esoteric publications.Our author team of "Toward the Abolition of Biological Race" chose to publish

Alexander Hajduczok, MD

AHajduczok

Q: Why do we use a stethoscope?A: For many reasons, and here’s one of them that I will argue is undervalued. And is still at the heart (hint hint) of

Paul Checchia

ChecchiaPaul

Race and the vaccine; not a race for the vaccine.I don’t understand how people could be against receiving this vaccine…well, actually I can; but not for the same reasons as

Albert Pinto

70sBachchan

Like most countries, NZ's plan was to gradually tighten controls as virus gained momentum. Then doctors saw WHO's Feb China report & said “we should do it in the reverse

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